Animal Farm

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1. Snowball

Comrade, said Snowball, those ribbons that

you are so devoted to are
the badge of slavery. Can you not understand
that liberty is worth more than slavery?(pg. 6)

2. Snowball

Then Snowball (for it was Snowball who was

best at writing) took a brush between the two
knuckles of his trotter, painted out
MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate
and in its place painted ANIMAL
FARM.(pg.9)
Snowball and Napoleon sent for
a ladder which they caused to be set against the
end wall of the big barn.
They explained that by their studies of the past
three months the pigs had
succeeded in reducing the principles of
Animalism to Seven Commandments.
These Seven Commandments would now be
inscribed on the wall;
The flag was green, Snowball explained, to
represent the green fields of
England, while the hoof and horn signified the
future Republic of the Animals
which would arise when the human race had
been finally overthrown.(pg.12)
The pigs had set aside the harness-room as a
headquarters for themselves.
Here, in the evenings, they studied
blacksmithing, carpentering, and other
necessary
arts from books which they had brought out of
the farmhouse. Snowball
also busied himself with organizing the other
animals into what he called Animal

3. Snowball
and
Napoleon

4. Snowball

5. Snowball
and the
other pigs

Describe what your primary source quote

does to support your theme.
What does it explain to the reader about your
analysis?
Why is it important for the reader to
understand your character and this quote?
Intelligence is shown by Snowball to let the
animals know of what is actually occurring in
front of their faces to teach them right from wrong
and to not be deceived. Snowball used his
knowledge to show the theme and help others it is
important that the readers see that snowball was
trying to help and was helping through the use of
the theme intelligence.
Intelligence in snowballs writing abilities able to
read and write as he taught himself to do and
perfected it. Shows that snowball was seen as the
most intelligent, and the reader must know of this
because it shows just how highly Snowball was
looked at for his intelligence.
The two pigs have intelligent mindsets in their
studies of animism, important to the reader in the
fact that they know the pigs have such intelligence
that theyve been able to produce a full religion
from their studies and that the theme of
intelligence is what brought them to their
conclusion of animism and their new
commandments.
This quote supports the theme of intelligence in
Snowball as he described to others meanings of a
new flag, giving the reader representations of
different higher level knowledge this and
important to show the reader just how developed
the animals are in the theme of intel in the story.
This supports the pigs intelligence in the way
they are able to organize and create full meeting
rooms and things much like humans. Important
that the reader sees just how advanced they are in
these things and the ability to put together
efficient ways of producing. Snowball and the
pigs should be known by the reader as highly
indulged in the theme of intelligence.

6. The Pigs

7. Snowball

8. Snowball

9. Napoleon
and
Snowball

10. Snowball

Committees. He was indefatigable at this. He

formed the Egg Production
Committee for the hens, the Clean Tails
League for the cows, the Wild Comrades
Re-education Committee (the object of this
was to tame the rats and
rabbits), the Whiter Wool Movement for the
sheep, and various others, besides instituting
classes in reading and writing. (pg.12-13)
The reading and writing classes, however, were
a great success. By the
autumn almost every animal on the farm was
literate in some degree.
As for the pigs, they could already read and
write perfectly. (pg.13)

. After much thought

Snowball declared that the Seven
Commandments could in effect be reduced to
a single maxim, namely: Four legs good, two
legs bad. This, he said, contained
the essential principle of Animalism. Whoever
had thoroughly grasped it would
be safe from human influences.(pg.13)
A birds wing, comrades, he said, is an organ
of propulsion and not of
manipulation. It should therefore be regarded
as a leg. The distinguishing
mark of man is the hand, the instrument with
which he does all his mischief.
The birds did not understand Snowballs long
words, but they accepted his
Explanation (pg.13)
By the late summer the news of what had
happened on Animal Farm had spread
across half the county. Every day Snowball and
Napoleon sent out flights of
pigeons whose instructions were to mingle
with the animals on neighbouring
farms, tell them the story of the Rebellion, and
teach them the tune of Beasts
of England. (pg.15)
As the human beings approached the farm
buildings, Snowball launched his
first attack. All the pigeons, to the number of
thirty-five, flew to and fro over
the mens heads and muted upon them from
mid-air; and while the men were
dealing with this, the geese, who had been
hiding behind the hedge, rushed out

Creating reading classes for the animals to take

and learn what the pigs had learned shows the
theme once again in the pigs. The readers see that
the pigs can institute classrooms at this point
doing more than humans could in the span of
weeks and months to our years. The reader should
see snowballs contribution to wanting to help the
others on the farm understand of all things that
were going on around them.
Students should see even more intelligence shown
by Snowballs ability to dwindle down the seven
commandments even more. Though he created
these crucial commandments to life he could even
make them more useful by tying the others down
to the most important ones.

The use of higher level words from snowball

shows the use of this theme. He strategically
places his words in the sentence much like a
higher level thinking human which shows the
reader just how smart he was in the use of words.
He exhibited great understanding of the human
way which is very important for the reader to see.

Napoleon and Snowball show the theme of

intelligence in communicating in great ways with
neighboring areas to get the information they
needed to get out, out. As a reader you see just
how they manipulate what they need to get
whatever information they need across the lands.

War tactics and strategies to defeat the humans in

battle captures the theme of intelligence and the
reader should identify this use of knowledge in
the book. Seeing this as a reader helps identify
one of the strongest characteristics in the story.
This explains that the use of the theme is a driving
factor to success in this story as intelligence lead
the pigs and animals to victory.

and pecked viciously at the calves of their legs.

(pg.16)